| Name | CVE-2024-45508 |
| Description | HTMLDOC before 1.9.19 has an out-of-bounds write in parse_paragraph in ps-pdf.cxx because of an attempt to strip leading whitespace from a whitespace-only node. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1081236 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| htmldoc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.8.27-8+deb8u4 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.8.27-8+deb9u3 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1.9.3-1+deb10u4 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster (lts) | 1.9.3-1+deb10u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.9.11-4+deb11u3 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.9.16-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1.9.20-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| htmldoc | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| htmldoc | source | stretch | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| htmldoc | source | (unstable) | 1.9.18-2 | | | 1081236 |
Notes
[bookworm] - htmldoc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - htmldoc <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/issues/528
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/htmldoc/commit/2d5b2ab9ddbf2aee2209010cebc11efdd1cab6e2
[buster] - htmldoc <postponed> (Minor issue)